Broken City

Broken City is a 2013 American crime thriller film starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe. The film was directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator, and Crowe stars as the mayor of New York City who hires the private detective to investigate his wife. The film is Hughes first solo feature film directing effort; he has collaborated with his twin brother Albert in previous films. Allen met Tucker in 2010 and learned about Tucker`s spec script, which had languished in development hell since Mandate Pictures attempted to produce a film in 2008. Under a partnership between Emmett/Furla Films and Regency Enterprises, Hughes began production in 2011 in New York City and Louisiana. The film was released in theaters on January 18, 2013. Broken City was directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. In May 2008, Mandate Pictures bought Tucker`s spec script with the goal of attaching a director and a cast to film later in the year.In the following July, Mandate entered a deal with the company Mr. Mudd to produce together one film per year, the first being Broken City. The companies aimed to hire the cast and crew by late 2008. Production did not commence as planned, and the script remained in development hell. It became part of the film industry`s 2008 black list of “best, albeit unproduced, screenplays. Broken City was released in 2,620 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 18, 2013.The film competed with fellow openers Mama and The Last Stand as well as Silver Linings Playbook in its widening release. The Los Angeles Times said the film drew “the most interest from older audiences”.Prior to Watch Broken City for free release, Variety reported that the film was estimated to have a low to mid-teens opening weekend. It grossed $8.3 million on Friday through Sunday, ranking fifth. It grossed $9.5 million through the holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) on Monday.As of January 27, 2013, Broken City has grossed $12,320,000 in the United States and Canada.